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Mike Byrne

Growth driving expansion of leadership team at PwC in the Channel Islands

PwC has further strengthened its leadership team with a number of promotions aimed at meeting ongoing growth opportunities in the Channel Islands.  Newly admitted Partner, Mike Byrne (pictured), and recently appointed Directors, Chris Van Den Berg and Alex Burne, will play key roles in facilitating the sustained growth PwC continues

NextStage AM appoints three Investment Directors

Private equity investor NextStage AM has promoted Aloys de Fontaines, Michaël Strauss-Kahn and Julien Potier to the position of Investment Director.  All three have previously served as Associate, then as Senior Associate at NextStage AM. They will now focus their attentions on NextStage, an investment vehicle launched in June 2015,

Bruno  Bertrand-Delfau

Proskauer adds Bruno Bertrand-Delfau to PE team

Proskauer has appointed Bruno Bertrand-Delfau (pictured) as a partner in the firm’s private investment fund’s practice based in London. Bertrand-Delfau has extensive experience in private equity secondary transactions, notably advising Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity). He has worked on many landmark transactions in the industry – both in Europe and

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Saurabh Bhat to join Venus India Asset Finance

Saurabh Bhat has joined Venus India Asset-Finance Private Limited as its CEO and a member of the board of directors.   Prior to joining Venus, Bhat was the CEO and Director at Ambit Finvest Limited, an NBFC which was part of the Ambit Group and which focused on structured lending

Moira Ashby

Hawksford strengthens corporate capabilities with associate director appointment

Hawksford has appointed Moira Ashby as an associate director. Ashby (pictured) will be part of the team responsible for defining, building and growing Hawksford’s corporate business. A tax specialist, she has had extensive exposure to a large variety of corporate clients including trading businesses, banks and life assurers. Over the

Fried Frank

Fried Frank adds asset management regulatory attorney Gregg Beechey in London

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has appointed Gregg Beechey (pictured) as a partner in the firm’s Asset Management Practice in London. Beechey is a regulatory attorney who focuses on alternative investment funds and the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). He counsels a range of financial sector clients

LIFE New York appoints new chairman

LIFE, the global diaspora organisation of Lebanese finance executives, has appointed Wissam Kairouz as the new chairman of its New York Committee.  Kairouz (pictured) is a managing director at Morgan Stanley's Leveraged & Acquisition Finance Group in New York, where he oversees the group's industry practices in Healthcare, Media and

KKR appoints Dominique Lafont as Senior Advisor

KKR has appointed Dominique Lafont (pictured), former President and Chief Executive Officer of Bolloré Africa Logistics, as a Senior Advisor to the firm, effective immediately. Johannes Huth, Head of KKR Europe, Middle East and Africa, says: “Over the last few years, we have been building our Africa team which is

Tadataka Yamada re-joins Frazier Healthcare

Frazier Healthcare, a provider of growth capital to healthcare companies, announces that Tadataka Yamada has re-joined Frazier Healthcare, a provider of growth capital to healthcare companies. He will serve as a Venture Partner on the Life Sciences team, focusing on creating companies as well as providing strategic guidance to existing

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